How to Report Someone on Zwinky

Zwinky is an online community designed for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17. Although, according to the Zwinky site, the interactive site was designed for "virtual shopping, making friends, and playing games," there is always the risk of running into cyber bullies or predators. To keep your children safe, teach the importance of online safety and report any user who is being inappropriate, bullying or harassing. Reporting a user takes just a few minutes.

Instructions

    • 1

      Log onto your Zwinky account by typing your username and password into the appropriate fields in the upper right corner of the screen.

    • 2

      Click the "Report Abuse" link to the right of your "Chat" field on the screen.

    • 3

      Fill our your username, your e-mail address and the Zwinky username of the person you would like to report.

    • 4

      Fill out the date the incident too place. Then, click to the drop-box to select where the incident took place: in a chat room, in the user's profile or on Znotes.

    • 5

      Click to the fill the bubble next to the offense made by that user : lying about their age, copyright problems, explicit content or harm directed to a child, bad language, threats or "other."

    • 6

      Type in the text box the details of the incident(s), then click "Send Your Message."

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